• Chapter 01 Bricks, Beads, and Bones: The Harappan Civilisation

• Chapter 02 Kings, Farmers, and Towns: Early States and Economies (c. 600 BCE - 600 CE)

• Chapter 03 Kinship, Caste, and Class: Early Societies (c. 600 BCE - 600 CE)

• Chapter 04 Thinkers, Beliefs, and Buildings: Cultural Developments (c. 600 BCE - 600 CE)

• Chapter 05 Through the Eyes of Travelers: Perceptions of Society (c. Tenth to Seventeenth Century)

• Chapter 06 Bhakti-Sufi Traditions: Changes in Religious Beliefs and Devotional Texts (c. Eighth to Eighteenth Century)

• Chapter 07 An Imperial Capital: Vijayanagara (c. Fourteenth to Sixteenth Century)

• Chapter 08 Peasants, Zamindars Eight and the State: Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire (c. Sixteenth-Seventeenth Centuries)

• Chapter 09 Colonialism and the Countryside: Exploring Official Archives

• Chapter 10 Rebels and the Raj: The Revolt of 1857 and Its Representations

• Chapter 11 Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement: Civil Disobedience and Beyond

• Chapter 12 Framing the Constitution: The Beginning of a New Era